Durban panchang, 5 January 2029
Sunrise 05:02 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 22:17 Pausha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:02 to 18:59- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:47 – 08:32
- Durmuhurta 07:50 – 08:46
- Rahu Kalam 10:16 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:24
- Yamaganda 15:30 – 17:15
- 06:01 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 09:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 09:01 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:36 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
18:59 to 05:03 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 03:43 – 04:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:52 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:12 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 02:55 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 09:01
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 18:36 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 06:01
- Karana Taitila until 09:01, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:01 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 09:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 09:01 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:36 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 19:52 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:12 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 02:55 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:47 – 08:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:50 – 08:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:30 – 17:15
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 03:42 – 04:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:00
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:02 – 18:36
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:02 – 18:36
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:01 – 05:03 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:36 – 05:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:02 – 06:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:47 – 08:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:32 – 10:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:16 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:01 – 13:45 | Good |
| Rog | 13:45 – 15:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:30 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Char | 17:15 – 18:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:59 – 20:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:15 – 21:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:30 – 22:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:46 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:01 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:17 – 02:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:32 – 03:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:48 – 05:03 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:02 NowVenus
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:51 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:40 NowSaturn
- 17:49 NowJupiter
- 18:59 NowMars
- 19:50 NowSun
- 20:40 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:21 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 NowJupiter
- 00:51 NowMars
- 01:42 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:02 NowVenus
- 06:02 NowMercury
- 07:02 NowMoon
- 08:02 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 15:02 NowSaturn
- 16:02 NowJupiter
- 17:02 NowMars
- 18:02 NowSun
- 19:02 NowVenus
- 20:02 NowMercury
- 21:02 NowMoon
- 22:02 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:02 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:02 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:42 – 05:48 Sagittarius
- 05:48 – 08:10 Capricorn
- 08:10 – 10:28 Aquarius
- 10:28 – 12:46 Pisces
- 12:46 – 15:06 Aries
- 15:06 – 17:26 Taurus
- 17:26 – 19:29 Gemini
- 19:29 – 21:11 Cancer
- 21:11 – 22:37 Leo
- 22:37 – 00:00 next day Virgo
- 00:00 – 01:34 next day Libra
- 01:34 – 03:29 next day Scorpio
- 03:29 – 05:03 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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